On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:04:23 +1200 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I suspect he is better to download the kernel source for his distro and > kernel version - otherwise other things may break. > > ummmmm yes and no (irish blood) we could try it that way but a common problem here is that distro's release kernels which have had all kinds of patch sets applied to them & this often makes it difficult to cleanly apply patches of ones own. i notice that mandrake does give the option of installing a vanilla kernel but am not sure re other distros. anyway i'm quite happy to give it a shot this way - if we run into problems unsurmountable we can always try the plain way. a small thought occurs - dependant on which distro Nick's using, the supplied kernel(s) may have already had the needed patchset applied, which would be real good. Nick, which distro(and kernel) are you using? cheers peter ps: i'm wondering what the other things which might get broken are?
